Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali

Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali
محمد فاضل الجمالي
Prime Minister of Iraq
In office
17 September 1953 – 29 April 1954
MonarchFaisal II
Preceded byJamil al-Midfai
Succeeded byArshad al-Umari
Foreign Minister of Iraq
In office
1 July 1946 – 27 January 1948
MonarchFaisal II
Prime MinisterArshad al-Umari
Nuri al-Said
Sayyid Salih Jabr
Preceded byAli Mumtaz al-Daftary
Succeeded byHamdi al-Bachachi
Personal details
BornApril 20, 1903
Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Kingdom of Iraq
DiedMay 24, 1997(1997-05-24) (aged 94)
Tunis, Tunisia
SpouseSara Powell
Alma materAmerican University of Beirut
Columbia University

Muhammad Fadhel al-Jamali (Arabic: محمد فاضل الجمالي) (20 April 1903 – 24 May 1997) was an Iraqi politician, statesman, Iraqi foreign affairs minister, and prime minister of Iraq from 1953 to 1954 from al-Kadhimiya, Baghdad. During the 1945 United Nations conference, al-Jamali, as Iraqi Minister of Foreign Affairs, signed the Charter of the United Nations on behalf of his country and continued to represent Iraq several times during United Nations meetings.[1]

Al-Jamali is considered one of the most prominent figures in politics and education in Iraq and the Arab World along with being one of the most notable and well-known prime ministers during the Monarchy Era of Iraq, his academic excellence qualified him to obtain the most prestigious scientific degrees in the most prestigious universities in the world despite his upbringing in a conservative and religious environment.[2]

  1. ^ Basri 2004, pp. 7–9.
  2. ^ "جريدة الجريدة الكويتية | محمد فاضل الجمالي". 15 November 2018. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2023.